Groupon Offers Opportunities and Threats for Newspaper Advertising

Suddenly, in August 2010, that abstraction has a name and a face -- Groupon and its youthful, music-major CEO Andrew Mason. The deal-of-the-day startup, less than two years old, had been largely under the radar (except to its 15 million e-mail subscribers worldwide).

Broker tips: Xchanging, AMEC, IQE,

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Business process outsourcing (BPO) specialist Xchanging held a conference call this week to clarify some accounting issues that were concerning the market, but questions remain on other fronts, Panmure Gordon reckons.

Chinese Vice Premier cancels Manila visit

By Tessa Jamandre VERA Files Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has cancelled his official visit to Manila, supposedly set for the first week of September. But the Department of Foreign Affairs clarified the cancellation had nothing to do with the hostage-taking incident that is straining diplomatic relations between the two countries. Li was supposed to [...]

Mophie and Intuit Launch Credit Card Processing Solution for iPhone

Small business owners who are looking for a cheap, simple solution for credit card processing, take notice: Mophie and Intuit have launched an all-in-one package that lets you accept payments and process credit cards on your iPhone 3G…

EPIS Merchant Profile: BooksMN.com

Christine Olson began selling online in 1998 and created a successful business selling remainders and overstock books and DVDs at BooksMN.com . She now faces competition from her suppliers as they go online to sell directly to consumers, and as ebook readers and services like Netflix began to have an impact on her business.